Three days, then...
This is where we'll meet, in three days' time.
Hayato, Takeshi: I want you two to think it over.
You sure about leaving town?
Not having regrets?
Leaving your family?
No disrespect, Takatsuki... but shouldn't you talk to your mom?
Ever since Abumisawa Village...
you haven't been to see her.
I know.
Three days, then, okay?
Check him out. He does plan to go it alone.
And with so little to go on...
We don't even know if Katsumi's really alive...
and, if she is alive, where she is.
Maybe it is an Egregori trap, after all.
Maybe.
Even so, he's gonna go after her.
As well he should, too...
Right now, more than anything, he needs motivation.
Unlike me.
Where do I start?
There's the secret I learned in Abumisawa.
I was a test tube baby, literally.
My mother...
...wasn't my real mother at all.
Where do I...?
I...
was afraid to face her, was all.
Ryo!
Look at you, you're soaked!
Better hurry and change, or you'll catch a cold.
Thanks. I...
appreciated the clothes you had Al bring me, and...
the snacks were good, too, and...
and...I...
I...
Welcome home.
Good to be home.
Really good.
Learn anything?
No, not a thing.
Ah, well. We'll work with what we have...
starting with those bothersome surveillance cyborgs.
Cliff...
You don't really intend to fight Ryo Takatsuki, do you?
You seem frightened, Yugo.
Though I imagine Keith is more so.
Selling out Jabberwock like that...
Keith just wants us to capture him.
Which is why I keep telling you...
We Ex Armis will capture the attention of the top Egregori brass...
by defeating Jabberwock ourselves.
Tell her.
"I'm off to rescue Katsumi."
"That I'm leaving...for good.''
Morning, Ryo! Almost ready, 'kay?
Uh...okay.
So now what?
What else? Ex Armis is already on the move.
We'll capture him before they can.
If he resists, you know what to do.
And the family?
Who cares.
Um, uh...
Dad...Mom...Maya.
I know it's Sunday, but... you've no plans, right?
No, not in particular. What's up, Takeshi?
The truth is, I... need to tell you all something.
We already know, Takeshi.
Dad?
Since after you left for Abumisawa... I knew this talk would happen.
That this time would come.
What the...?
Fer cryin' out loud...
The Old Man prob'ly knocked over his bonsai.
I can already see his face. What a laugh.
What th'?
Egregori cyborgs.
But...why...?
G-Grandpa!
Hey! Grandpa! You okay?!
Hayato, that you? Hurry, run!!
What's going on? Who did this to you?!
Hurry... You're no...match for them.
I what?
Ryo, would you...?
Hello.
Ryo Takatsuki. Get out of there, hurry!
The Blue Men just got word. Your house is surrounded.
Kuruma...? Kei Kuruma, that you?
Listen to me, you've got a squad of five cyborgs, ready to attack.
And not just that...
There's some new, scary ass pair in Aisora, called ''Ex Armis''...
And they...
Kuruma!
Hey! Answer me!!
No... No way. You can't have.
What've you... What've you done?!
Ryo, what is it? Who was on the phone?
Mom...I'll explain later. You need to go hide.
Ryo...
Hurry!
I've gotta protect Mom... no matter what.
Jabberwock...please. This time...
This time, YOU listen to ME.
They're here.
The only one you're after is me.
No way are you hurting my mom.
And if Mom does see me like this, what does it matter...?
What?!
That's enough outta you... Ryo Takatsuki.
R-Ryo...
If you want your mother to keep breathing, come along quietly.
Or is it...
you intend to keep resisting, even if we do kill her?
Mother... I'm sorry!
This is all...because of me.
I meant...never to involve anyone else, ever again.
If only... If only I'd tried harder...!
Got that right.
You're hopeless.
Don't you remember any of Father's lessons...?
He did teach you, didn't he?
Uh... Mom?
That, when you give up, it really is all over...?
If you've forgotten...
I'm happy to remind you.
You can't push us around like that.
Remember this well, Ryo...
No matter how badly it's going, the tide can always, always turn.
It's that moment you watch for.
That's Lesson One.
Oh, dear.
So you can fight...a little. You're still just an amateur.
Ain't no way you can beat a pro!
Mom...!
I think we know who the real pro is.
Mom...?
Mom, how did you...?
Talk later, second wave's coming... we better be ready.
You mean...there's more of them?
Oh, dear. Don't tell me you haven't noticed...
that we've been surrounded for the past two, three days?
If you don't start paying attention to what's going on...
you'll never live through this. That's Lesson Two.
You must live.
Now help me!
Team One has been taken out! Team Two, get ready!!
The enemy is strong. Stay alert!
Roger.
Damn, I just know I've seen that broad somewhere...
What th'... heck is this?!
Lesson Three...
Never hold back against the enemy. Every stand could be your last.
Put 'em on.
For jumping off the veranda!
But...we're on the third floor...
A thwarted enemy will go next for grenades and/or smoke bombs.
Get out before then!
To war successfully, pay attention to the flow of events...
and take action calmly.
That's Lesson Four.
The enemy's lying in wait, so stay on your toes.
Hurry!
I don't believe this!
Fire!
What the fuck!? I thought she was a house wife!!
Her moves... those two fisted M84s!
No way... She can't be alive, can she?
You know her? Who the hell is she?!
Quick! Get everyone on the horn!!
Ever hear of "Laughing Panther"...?
Over the years they've taken out any number of our guys...
She's half of that husband wife team. But who'dve thought she'd be here?
Explosives!
Dear, oh dear. So much for our lovely home.
Such a shame, too.
Mom?
Mom, who...are you?
Sorry to have kept it from you for so long, Ryo.
Your father and I once were soldiers.
So I...?
That's right.
And, as you learned in Abumisawa...
it was the Blue Men who put you into our care for upbringing.
So you knew.
Of course I knew. I'm your mother, aren't I?
When it comes to you, there's not much that I don't.
But...
I was once a soldier. But now, as Katsumi used to say...
I'm just "Misa," your somewhat unconventional mother.
Katsumi is...
You're off to find her, right?
I...
Then go, Ryo.
As those who took you in, knowing about "Arms"...
we also knew that, someday...
the day would come when you'd leave us, to go fight.
We tried our best to teach you different things...
such as how to survive, how to fight...how to be gentle.
But, far and away, the hardest battle I ever fought...
was raising a child.
True, I didn't actually give birth to you myself...
but, remember that, to me...
in my mind and in my heart, you will always be...
my very own son.
Thank you...Mom.
Have more confidence in the fine person you've become...Ryo.
And that's the final lesson.
Wh-What is this?
Be careful.
It's a powerful mental wave...
in other words, telepathy.
Telepathy?!
Takeshi...
Hayato...
Kei!
What's going on?!
No need to worry. I've only put you to sleep...
as have your friends... with their families.
You should be thanking us.
If those roughhousing cyborgs had gotten to you first...
far more drastic measures would have been required.
You... Who are you?!
We're a super elite division of the Egregori...the Ex Armis.
Quite a cut above those chuckleheads you have been facing.
We're very special.
Shall we demonstrate, Ryo Takatsuki?
We have ESP, and other extraordinary psychic powers.
As for me, I find myself fascinated by your Arms...
most especially by this "Jabberwock'' of yours.
To save your friends, come to the Aisora Amusement Park tonight.
That is a match...
I shall look forward to.